The ship was hit by nine-metre waves and 240-kilometre-an-hour winds.
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As we reported Monday, Royal Caribbean said that after a “tough day” for its guests, it would refund their ticket costs and give passengers a 50 percent discount on a future cruise.
Because the ship’s itinerary often takes it from the Northeast down the East Coast and into the Caribbean, Anthem of the Seas can run the risk of encountering a storm system moving up the coast.
The National Weather Service warned the cruise ship’s owner, Royal Caribbean, that storms and foul weather could affect the planned voyage.
“You can’t underscore how few people were hurt”, he said. “The captain was either going to outrun it, get ahead of it, so it wasn’t going to be a huge impact on us”.
“Anthem of the Seas will return to Cape Liberty, NJ this evening, and we are grateful for the safe return of our guests and crew”. His wife, a CNN employee, has been in close contact with him during the harrowing ordeal.
The Anthem of the Seas is scheduled to set off on anther cruise on Saturday. No injuries were reported, and the ship suffered only minor damage.
They said they were glad everyone made it through without any serious injuries. That’s where they spent most of their time during the storm as the ship turned around to head back to safety. Don’t travel the deck.
“We were reassured that while the seas were “very severe” our ship was seaworthy and could withstand the storm which is what we would continue to do for the next several hours”, wrote Harris.
“It’s a little disappointing”. “The severity of Sunday’s storm, with its 120-mph winds, far exceeded forecasts”. All the passengers were evacuated by south african rescue helicopters before the ship went down. Nelson said Monday on the Senate floor. They ventured to the balcony, where Sam Lairson shot video of wave after wave rising below. ABC News reports that the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) might launch an investigation into the failure in conjunction with a separate investigation that has already commenced. “Bill Nelson urging that the NTSB review this incident as part of its investigation into the El Faro accident”, the NTSB added.
“The risk was easily avoidable as the storm was well-forecast by private and public forecasting outfits”, Maue said. “We’ve got to figure out a better way to make sure that we don’t get surprised by weather, no matter what”, he said.
The nightmare included four hours when the 1,100-foot long ship was at a 45-degree angle, according to Justin Scerbo, another passenger who was leaving the ship.
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The ship “leaned way over as the captain fought the winds”, passenger Greg Cribbs said. Then there was this cruise liner “Oceanos” sinking off the coast of South Africa in 1991 after rough weather and flooding left the ship adrift. She was angry and exhausted but glad to be back on land Wednesday after the ship made an emergency rerouting back to the United States, forgoing its intended destination in the Bahamas.
